Health

Advocacy encouraged for Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

Next week is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and a great opportunity to educate candidates and policymakers about the need to allocate funding to get lead paint-based hazards out of homes. more

Advocacy

Health

Family Support Needs Assessment for PA published

Th 2020 Pennsylvania Family Support Needs Assessment has been released. more

Basic Needs

Education

Health

Creating PRESENCE: New program addresses organizational trauma

The PRESENCE model has been designed to support the multi-faceted roles that staff within organizations play in working with individuals who are impacted by trauma. more

Health

Workshops

Virtual series addresses racial disparities in breast cancer fight

Living Beyond Breast Cancer has rolled out a virtual online series designed to address racial health disparities. more

Health

City Council provides funding for anti-violence, anti-blight effort

City legislators aim to shell out $500,000 to fund a work program that will pay residents in neighborhoods suffering from gun violence and unemployment to clean up urban blight. more

Basic Needs

Health

US panel tackles race, poverty in virus vaccine priorities

A U.S. advisory panel has made recommendations for who should be first in line to get a COVID-19 vaccine. more

Health

Studies show how parents shape their children's mental health

There is a long-established relationship between parent and child mental health problems. more

Health

Wolf seeks commission to rein in health care spending

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a new government commission that would aim to slow the growth in health care spending and improve affordability. more

Health

Reports